Slaughter of captured bison urged

Hundreds of wild bison were captured after migrating out of Yellowstone National Park

The US Interior Department is asking a federal judge in Montana not to intervene in the impending slaughter of potentially hundreds of wild bison that were captured after migrating out of Yellowstone National Park.

In a court document, lawyers for the agency said stopping the slaughter would allow bison to enter parts of Montana, where they could spread the disease brucellosis to livestock.